Hijab

Let Them Wear Headscarves II: A Response

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Religion, Islam, Muslims, Headscarves, Hijab, Freedom, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Violence to enforce ideology or religious beliefs by Muslims should not be tolerated any more than we should tolerate the burning of black churches or the bombing of abortion clinics.

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Let Them Wear Scarves

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Religion, Turkey, Hijab, Symbolism, Headscarves, Head Scarf, Muslim, Faith, Head Scarves, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Can you explain to me why thoughtful people, including several renowned public intellectuals, oppose the right of women to choose to wear headscarves -- on campuses out of all places?

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The Limits of Internationalism

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hate Speech, Hijab, Internationalism, United Nations, Geert Wilders, Bush Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

For a reminder of what the United Nations, the premier international body, is often like, see its recent treatment of hate speech.

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What the U.S. Media Doesn't Tell Us About Iran

Hanna Rebecca Lundqvist | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hijab, Human Rights Iran, Persian Culture, Womens Rights Iran, Islamic Culture, Iran, Muslim Womens Rights, Saudi Arabia, US Media, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Chadors, Gas Rationing, Iran Oil Refineries, Persians v Arabs, Iran Persian History, Islamic Revolution, Tehran, Iran Civil Liberties, Iranian Politics, Grand Ayatollah, Politics News
Hanna Rebecca Lundqvist

Iran is not a nation of women in chadors and "Down with USA" murals. Not everyone there is anti-American. It has a liberal media, politics are discussed in public, and people are working for progress.

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Islamofashion

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Iran, Laura Bush, Islamophobia, GOP Iran, Hijab, Head Scarf, Laura Bush Hijab, Bush Iran, Laura Bush Head Scarf, Muslim Womens Rights, Islamo-Fascism, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

The headscarf, of course, is not new to U.S. diplomacy. What's new is the 'Islamofascist' right-wing hysteria now shaping the political debate in which the headscarf suddenly reappeared.

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